More than 250,000 applications with record growth of 861.5 % over last year, Android is becoming a first choice mobile platform for Mobile manufacturers, Service Providers to Mobile Developers. Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to develop applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

This session will give a Kick-start to develop an Android App and focus on:

• All tools and softwares needed to get you on your first Android app.
• The high level architecture in Android applications.
• Fundamentals and key components for Android application.
• How to get your application on Android market?

Session will be concluded with a demo of Google App Inventor to demonstrate how you can develop and install some cool apps in few minutes.

Lightning Talk: Mobile is The New Cool

Pretty soon a mobile device will be more popular than a computer; pretty soon that device will be an android device. This talk is a practical example of how one company (TripAdvisor) developed its android app.

What you will learn:

• Advantages and disadvantages of going hybrid and why we chose hybrid
• Quirks we've faced and how we fixed them

A big thank you to Comsys for sponsoring our meeting, TripAdvisor.com for sponsoring the Andriod tablet door prize and PROS Pricing for providing meeting space!

Featured Speaker: Deepak Goyal

Deepak is technology enthusiast with a MS in Computer Science and Technology from IIT Roorkee. Deepak has been working in Java based mobile technology for several years. He has architected and developed various Mobile and Enterprise solution (i.e. GPS navigation System, Bluetooth based trading System, Calender application etc). Some of his application has been featured in Java ONE conference. Deepak has more than 10 years of engineering experience with Sun Microsystems and Cisco Systems and various other startups. He has presented several papers at International conferences and premier education institutes across United States, China and India. He has several pending patents.

Before founding his latest startup eZdia Inc he founded Wings Technologies (A Remote Mobile Device Access Solution company) in Bangalore, India.

Lightning Talk Speaker: Andrew Charkin

Andrew is a Carnegie Mellon alum majoring in CS (2010). Starting at TripAdvisor, his first project was to develop the Android hybrid app in about 3 weeks. Andrew had to deal with most of the Android quirks firsthand and is the perfect candidate to talk about how TripAdvisor developed the Android app.

Please RSVP

RSVP by going to http://hjug03302011.eventbrite.com/ We will need an accurate head count in order to know how much pizza to order.

Meeting Location: PROS Pricing

3100 Main Map 
10th floor 
Houston, TX 77002

Suggested Parking:

Park across the street in the parking garage on Elgin on the 3rd or 4th floor in the Visitor designated spots. Walk across the skybridge on the 3rd floor and take the elevators on the right side of the elevator lobby to the 10th floor.

Meeting Sponsor: 

Sponsor Website: http://www.comsys.com

Company Overview

About COMSYS
COMSYS is a leading provider of customized IT staffing, technical and business process solutions with offices across major markets in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Now a Manpower company, COMSYS leverages the expertise of Manpower Professional by providing clients with a single source solution for highly skilled talent and technology solutions in the areas of IT, engineering, finance and healthcare.

Contact us today to learn more about how COMSYS can help you grow your business through IT solutions.

Android Tablet Door Prize Sponsor: TripAdvisor.com

TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features (including Flights search, TripAdvisor Mobile and TripAdvisor Trip Friends) with seamless links to booking tools.

TripAdvisor-branded sites alone make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 40 million unique monthly visitors*, 20 million members, and over 40 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 27 countries worldwide.

Door Prizes and Giveaways!

• An Android Tablet donated by TripAdvisor.com
• JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting if we have 30 attendees, two if we have 50 or more
• ZeroTurnaround has donated a license of JavaRebel to be raffled off this month